Jonathan Thomas

Montgomery Police say a car accident has left one person dead. The accident occurred Thursday night on Troy Highway at Plaza Drive and involved a pick-up truck and a SUV. The driver of the SUV died at the scene and the three people in the pick-up truck had minor injuries. The cause of the crash is still under investigation….

Jimmy Lee Hill Escaped inmate, 47-year-old Jimmy Lee Hill, has been recaptured. Hill escaped from the Red Eagle Work Center in Montgomery on Saturday, December 22nd. Hill surrendered to U.S. Marshall’s without incident Sunday evening in Enterprise, Alabama. Hill was serving a life sentence after stabbing a woman to death in Jefferson County. Categories: Crime, Montgomery, News Tags: Crime, prison escapee,…

1/5IMG_4696 Show Caption Hide Caption 2/5IMG_4692 Show Caption Hide Caption 3/5IMG_4693 Show Caption Hide Caption 4/5IMG_4694 Show Caption Hide Caption 5/5IMG_46951 Show Caption Hide Caption The southbound lanes of I-85 are closed after several vehicles were involved in an accident with a semi-truck. The crash occurred near the Waugh exit just after 8:00 this morning. Police are directing traffic to…

State troopers are on the scene to investigate a deadly multi-car accident in the south bound lane of Interstate 85 near the Waugh Exit. Two people have been killed in this crash and one of the south bound lanes has been re-opened. Stay with Alabama News Network for more information. Categories: Montgomery, News Tags: Alabama State Troopers, car accident, Interstate…

A Jackson Hospital employee has been shot after being involved in and armed robbery Friday morning. At 1:00 A.M. three Jackson Hospital employees and an employee at Nolan Hospital were held up at gunpoint in the 1200 block of Forest Avenue. The victim is being treated for their injuries and is in fair condition. So far no arrests have been…

Troy King has filed a complaint with the Alabama Ethics Commission against Attorney General Steve Marshall. King is running against Marshall in the Republican runoff for Attorney General. The complaint alleges that Marshall and his staff used money from the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) for Marshall’s campaign fund to influence the outcome of the July 17th Republican runoff. The complaint…

A federal grand jury has indicted an Alabama man in an alleged 10-year scam involving surplus federal computers. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of Illinois reported Wednesday that the indictment accuses 50-year-old Steven Mays of defrauding the federal “Computers for Learning” program. The General Services Administration program transfers computers and related equipment that the government doesn’t need…

Alabama is balking at pledging money to help restart passenger train service along the northern Gulf Coast for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi have to commit almost $35 million total over three years by Thursday to be eligible for the same amount in federal funds that would let Amtrak trains run from New Orleans eastward…

Moody's Scheduled To Be Put to Death on Thursday

A federal appeals court has rejected a death row inmate’s argument that he must serve out his federal sentence before Alabama can put him to death for the 1989 killing of a federal judge. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that Walter Leroy Moody does not have a right to demand that he serve his federal…

On April 13, 2018, between 5:00 and 5:30 p.m. investigators advise that an unknown male described as being a white male, brown hair, beard, with tattoos on both arms. Surveillance video captures this subject unlawfully entering a residence under construction in the Hearthstone neighborhood in Prattvill. This subject is seen walking out of the residence carrying several power tools, totaling…